Video: Gene Chizik, Todd on Auburn scrimmage

Gene Chizik's ``situational'' scrimmage Saturday was devoted to such things as special teams and the two-minute offense and communications. It was less physical than some practices. Ball carriers were not tackled.

``When we win games at Auburn, it's going to come down to the last two minutes and that's the way we've got to feel,'' Chizik said. ``We've got to be very efficient at those parts of the game and we've got a long way to go in that direction. Again, we've got two weeks to work on and we've got a lot of good things to teach from.''

The Auburn coach said there was plenty to like. And that there's much work to do before the season-opener, now just two weeks away against Louisiana Tech.

Chizik said the Tigers are in teaching mode.

``We've got a lot to get better at and again, we feel like at two weeks out, we still even at this point, we're doing a lot of teaching with our offense and defense and now we're kind of switching gears and putting them in situations,'' Chizik said. ``We've got a basic idea with the urgency and the concentration levels and we're really behind on.''

**Freshman wide receiver Anthony Gulley made a spectacular catch, according to defensive back Walter McFadden.

"He made a great a play -- a one-handed catch. It was so pretty," McFadden said. "He reached out with those long arms and made a great play. It looked like two fingers."

**McFadden also said freshman running back Onterio McCalebb had a long run. We believe him. The scrimmage was closed to the media, though lettermen and scholarship donors watched.

**We have a feel on who's going to coach from the sidelines and who's going to coach from the press box. The offensive coach in the press box Saturday was running back coach Curtis Luper. Gus Malzahn, Trooper Taylor, Jay Boulware and Jeff Grimes were on the field.

Phillip Lolley was in the press box for the defense. Tracy Rocker, Tommy Thigpen and Ted Roof were on the sidelines.

**Our earlier blog about the scrimmage discusses how the emphasis was on tempo, that the depth chart is about 90 percent done and that Chris Todd threw a touchdown pass.

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